Pictured: “Two privates, Robert E. Cooke, Chattanooga, and Charles F. Britton, Michigan, make an early purchase at the Camp Forrest canteen from the smiling clerks, Clara Hill, Chattanooga, and Margie Green, also of Chattanooga.” Source: Nashville...

Pictured: Soldiers marching from the train to their barracks at Camp Forrest. In foreground is mascot of troopers. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of...

Pictured: Soldiers scrubbing pans at the Camp Forrest mess hall, March 4, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest training bases for...

Pictured: Two privates, Robert E. Cooke, Chattanooga, and Charles F. Britton, Michigan, at the Camp Forrest canteen and clerks Clara Hill and Margie Green, from Chattanooga. A scene from the arrival of military troops and units at Camp Forrest on...

Pictured: A scene from the arrival of military troops and units at Camp Forrest on March 4th, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest...

Pictured: A soldier in front of Army trucks lined up at Camp Forrest on March 4th, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest training...

Pictured: multiple rows of Army trucks at Camp Forrest on March 4th, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest training bases for...

Pictured: A scene from the arrival of military troops and units at Camp Forrest on March 4th, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest...

Pictured: Two privates, Robert E. Cooke, Chattanooga, and Charles F. Britton, Michigan, at the Camp Forrest canteen and clerks Clara Hill and Margie Green, from Chattanooga. A scene from the arrival of military troops and units at Camp Forrest on...

Pictured: “Nashville Guardsmen arrive at Camp Forrest: young Nashville soldiers get their first official peek at Camp Forrest, at Tullahoma, shortly before noon today … the guardsmen in line formation a few minutes after their special train arrived...

Pictured: Soldiers eating together at the mess hall at Camp Forrest. The military training facility was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest training...

Pictured: Army trucks at Camp Forrest, March 4, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest training bases for infantry, artillery,...

Pictured: A scene from the arrival of military troops and units at Camp Forrest on March 4th, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest...

Pictured: “A group of Chattanooga soldiers have their first meal in one of the many mess halls at the Camp.” Source: Nashville Banner. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp...

Pictured: At left is “Capt. James N. Freeman, Nashville, left adjutant of the 181st Field Artillery and Lieut.-Col. Paul H. Jordan, Chattanooga, executive officer of the 181st F. A.” Source: Nashville Banner. Camp Forrest was built near...

Pictured: A scene from the arrival of military troops and units at Camp Forrest on March 4th, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest...

Pictured: “Soldiers make ready for training: today was Camp Forrest’s busiest day for officers and enlisted men as more than 1,000 Tennessee National Guardsmen arrived for the year’s military training … Nashville guardsmen preparing to place their...

Pictured: “West End Students scrap for Victory: the students at West End High School yesterday entered the Banner scrap contest and are out to win a prize. Some of the school’s leading ‘scrappers’ are seen with a portion of their collections in...

Pictured: “Vanderbilt University adds campus fences to Banner scrap pile: realizing the vital need for scrap iron by the Government, Vanderbilt University officials today “gave a fence for Allied offense” as they authorized the scrapping of the...